[MajestyJo]

Thought for the Day
Sunday, MAY14

From the book: Food for Thought

Abstinence Plus


Most of us find it impossible to maintain our abstinence and our weight loss if we do not continue to grow spiritually and emotionally. The Steps are not something we take once and for all and then put aside. We continue to work on ourselves.

It is possible to reach and maintain a weight goal, but the emotional and spiritual goals of the program are never fully attained. We keep striving for progress, in spite of temporary setbacks.

All of us need something to live for, something that captures our imagination and beckons us on to greater efforts. Achievement in the areas of study and work, commitments to family and community, development of talents and interests--all serve as motivation. Usually, though, we require something more to keep us going. When we become aware of the Spirit, which is constantly available to us through contact with our Higher Power, we are tuned in to the source of our abstinence and of our life.

May I remember to live by the Spirit.

What a powerful statement. I had to come to a spiritual reason to quit smoking. I couldn't quit because of fears and warnings. I wanted to be a clean clear channel. I need to adapt this same feeling to my eating disorder. I have regained the 20 lbs. that I lost. It is called a honey bun addiction.